Students’ Quirky Names and Sunday Football
Some of our students participated in a flag football game against Yixing Senior High School. Two other AYC teachers, Stephanie and Margaret, who I haven’t seen since orientation showed up […]
Some of our students participated in a flag football game against Yixing Senior High School. Two other AYC teachers, Stephanie and Margaret, who I haven’t seen since orientation showed up […]
Warmer air is drifting into Jiangsu provence and Jiangyin’s Renmin Lu (People’s Street) was bustling this past weekend. Shops and restaurants pop up like gophers in China, sometimes only for […]
I didn’t actually get a snow day, but it did snow today in Jiangyin for the first time this winter (and maybe the only time in this ). Between classes, the […]
Fortunately, my own parents have never been the hovering type in my love life. My mom never lectured me unless I asked for it, and she never tried to get […]
“I find Americans know little about a civilized and open China that has been enjoying unprecedented development. The tradition and style of The New York Times make it very difficult […]
I walk into my afternoon class a few minutes late today, but it goes unnoticed. The only student in there is face-plowing his desk, fast asleep. I smile to myself […]
My care package finally turned up, filled with goodies, and this extremely festive pup.
I know I will never understand everything about Chinese culture—maybe even Chinese people don’t understand much of why they do what they do. Why, for instance, traffic laws are all […]
A couple weeks ago, Lillian, Ollie, and I hiked up probably the tallest mountain in Jiangyin, breathing in the thick, dusty air (at 2.5 PM), but still enjoying getting a […]
The “haze” (as locals call it) finally cleared a few days ago and I actually saw the stars for the first time since I’ve been in China—the same stars that […]